Italian researchers have discovered a molecule that can help prevent heart attacks in patients with arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, a team of cardiologists at Rome’s La Cattolica University said Friday. People with hardened arteries have a buildup inside their blood vessels called atherosclerotic plaques. When they rupture, they can choke off the blood flow to the heart, causing cardiac arrest.

More than 90 paintings, etchings and designs by the Venetian master Giambattista Tiepolo are being exhibited in a new show that opened Friday in Rome’s Capitoline Museums. ‘Tiepolo: The Colours of the Design’ includes works by the 18th-century artist, whose successful atelier including his sons Giandomenico and Lorenzo. Loans from collections in Trieste, Florence and Venice as well as works from across Europe were brought together for the exhibition, which closes January 18, including pieces seldom seen and little known to the general public.

(ANSA) - Cagliari, October 9 - A neutron star pulsing light with the energy of 10 million suns has been found by researchers including an Italian scientist who trained in Cagliari. The findings, published in the journal Nature, were made by a team of scientists led by Matteo Bachetti as well as NASA staff, using the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR).(ANSA)

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Italian company Energica has made a motorbike to rival Elon Musk’s electric-powered Tesla vehiclesTesla has built a well-known brand of high-end electric automobiles…but when it comes to electric motorcycles, no company has reached Tesla’s status.Energica, an Italian company, is looking to lead the charge.Bloomberg’s Matt Miller test drove its £21,000 bike.

Woman arrested after investigation found average number of deaths increased when 42-year-old was on duty.An Italian nurse who took photographs of herself with dead patients has been accused of murdering one of them, according to Italian media reports.Daniela Poggiali, 42, was arrested after an autopsy on a 78-year-old woman who died in her care revealed dangerous levels of potassium in her system.Since then, details of the case have been leaked slowly to the media, alongside photographs of the blonde nurse smiling in holiday snaps and grinning next to apparently dead patients.